Unfriendly Fire : Lesbians and Gays in the Military / produced by Bert Wylen.

Program Title:
Unfriendly Fire : Lesbians and Gays in the Military / produced by Bert Wylen.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0625
Description: 

Documentary which examines the contributins of homosexual and bisexual United States military personel from World War II through the Persian Gulf War. According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, homosexuality is incompatible with military service, but the Pentagon admits that sexual preference has no bearing on job performance. The program features interviews with: Johnnie Phelps, a lesbian who was a top aide for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in post-war Europe, and Navy Midshipman Joseph Steffan, a battalion commander who was due to graduate at the top of his class at Annapolis but was discharged and denied both his commission and his diploma for stating he was gay.|UNFRIENDLY FIRE : LESBIANS AND GAYS IN THE MILITARY / produced by Bert Wylen. - Documentary which examines the contributions of homosexual and bisexual U.S. military personel from World War II through the Persian Gulf War. According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, homosexuality is incompatible with military service, but the Pentagon admits that sexual preference has no bearing of job performance. The program features interviews with: Johnnie Phelps, a lesbian who was a top aide for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in post war Europe| and Navy Midshipman Joseph Steffan, a battalion commander who was due to graduate at the top of his class at Annapolis but was discharged and denied both his commission and his diploma for stating he was a homosexual. - BROADCAST: Satellite, 17 July 1991.

Date Recorded on: 
Date Broadcast on: 
Satellite, 17 July 1991.
Item duration: 
1 reel (28 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|28:00
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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